Floyd Mayweather Jr. won a split-decision over Oscar De La Hoya last night to capture the junior middleweight title. Naturally, "Pretty Boy" Floyd was magnanimous in victory:

"It was masterpiece of boxing," Mayweather said. "I showed you why I am the best fighter of this era."

Well spoke sir. When humility is no longer the order of the day in this sport of kings , I will stop watching it. Let's hear what else Mr. Mayweather had to say:

"Look at the punch stats and then you can see I'm the new champion," Mayweather said. "I was having fun in there. It was a hell of a fight. I told the fans I would give them a hell of a fight, and that's what I did . . . I just fought the best fighter in our era and I beat him. It was a hell of a fight.

Couldn't he say it was a "H-E-double hockey sticks fight" for the youngsters? Oh well, he's talking about retiring now (which is always definitive for a boxer – they never come back from retirement), which is just as well because he's not getting much family support.

[Floyd] Mayweather Sr., however, said he thought De La Hoya, 34, won. "I thought Oscar won the fight," he said. "My son had better defense and caught a lot of punches, but I think Oscar pressed the fight and did enough to win."

Wow, I thought my dad was tough on me when I brought home 94%s on Latin exams, but Floyd Sr. has pushed critical parenting into a whole other realm. He is undoubtedly referred to as the Joan Crawford of the Sweet Science. -KD

Picture Note: Lovely Ali is an Octagon Girl for UFC, and thus the photo is fight related.

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DLH should still have the belt. Pantyboy Floyd ran like a girl all night. He was all talk leading up to it, but as soon as he caught a punch he started to run, run, run…

05.06.07 at 3:55 pm

Tim

I’m sorry, is there some sort of requirement that the photos of hot chicks be related? And if UFC is the rational, does’t the fact she’s named is Ali make her doubly qualified to appear in a boxing post in very small panties?

05.07.07 at 10:30 am

skinfan

the only way boxing is ever going to become notable again is if they start showing it on network tv again and the general public can actually see some of these big fights for free. If not live then at least on tape delay for free. Also, enough with this pussy 12 round shit! Fight until somebody drops or quits. There can be only one!